15 NIGHTS • 5530km
(2026: 16 nights) This epic train journey travels through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania and is one of the most famous in the world. The sojourn begins in Cape Town taking guests to the historic village of Matjiesfontein, the diamond town of Kimberley and the capital city of Pretoria for short tours followed by two nights in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Continue through Botswana into Zimbabwe where guests overnight at the Victoria Falls Hotel. After crossing the mighty Zambezi River, the train joins the Tazara line in Zambia and continues to Chisimba Falls where guests enjoy a bush walk. The train climbs to the Tanzanian border – almost exactly the midpoint between Africa’s two Great Rift Valley lakes – then negotiates the tunnels, switchbacks and viaducts of the spectacular escarpment to the jungled Udzungwa Mountains. Climbing again, it traverses the Nyerere National Park – the largest on the continent and a vision of timeless Africa – before the bustling arrival in Dar es Salaam the following day. Available in reverse.
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From 2026, the journey is 16 nights to allow for more time at the Zambia/Tanzania border with an extra day on board the train.
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- Cape Town
- Journey through the Cape Winelands
- Chishimba Falls visit
- Dar es Salaam
- Travel over Kafue Railway Bridge
- Traverse the edge of the Kalahari Basin
- Traverse the Karoo
- Kimberley Diamond Mine Museum tour
- Traverse the Limpopo province
- Madikwe Reserve game drives and overnight stay
- Traverse the Magaliesberg
- Optional walk at Makambako
- Matjiesfontein visit
- Pretoria tour
- Travel through the Rift Valley
- Selous Reserve game drive
- Travel the Tazara Railway
- Traverse the Udzungwa Mountains
- Victoria Falls Hotel overnight stay
- Victoria Falls
